The second nuclear bomb attack confirmed that man was not afraid to do the worst to his own kind. This day, in 1945, the world witnessed the bombing of Nagasaki, after Hiroshima was bombed just three days back. Change was global and innocence was the first victim.

The US have introduced drastic fund cuts, due to its long war on terror. This adversely affects the science community and with funds drying up in every science sector, it’s a grim picture for science, the US and the future. Have the terrorists won, after all?

It was a battle, not just one fought using bullets, but with information. The greatest challenge the US administration faced in getting to bin Laden and breaking his global network was the lack of information, not so much the firepower.

It was a battle, not just one fought using bullets, but with information. The greatest challenge the US administration faced in getting to bin Laden and breaking his global network was the lack of information, not so much the firepower.